Two weeks after a federal jury in Fort Lauderdale heard how a Lyft ride turned into a nightmare trip south, jurors convicted Stevenson Charles, a federal inmate already serving a life sentence, for his role in the violent kidnapping of a rideshare driver after he slipped out of Georgia custody, officials said. Prosecutors say Charles and two other inmates forced the driver into the backseat, looped a rope around her neck and threatened to kill her as they pushed toward South Florida. The case was investigated by the FBI’s Miami Field Office and prosecuted in the Southern District of Florida.
Federal jury convicts on multiple counts
A Fort Lauderdale jury found Charles guilty of kidnapping, conspiracy to kidnap, Hobbs Act robbery and possession of a…..